Thanks Chuck.
Charlie
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Here's the surge protector advice from my electric co-op in Florida.
> <www.preco.org/documents/AUGUST08_mark.pdf> Scroll down to the 6th of 7
> pages which is actually numbered as 9.
>
> I've not paid much attention to it since I don't live in Florida during
> the summer. However, maybe I should. I just installed a new A/C unit
> ($4,000) and it is left running in the summer. At $6/month it's
> probably a reasonable investment for a large suppressor on the meter.
> But I just noticed the newsletter is dated Aug. 2008 so maybe the price
> is a bit higher today.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 6/15/2012 9:05 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply Chuck and an interesting story as well.
> Lightening
> > is an interesting phenomenon. The reason I ask is that a while back we
> had
> > an electrical storm that came through our neighborhood. All the power
> lines
> > are underground here. A bolt struck the ground near a neighbors house and
> > apparently made its way into the buried line feeding his house. The surge
> > destroyed most of the electrical equipment he owned: computers, flat
> screen
> > TV's, microwave oven, dishwasher, etc. He ended up with an $7000
> insurance
> > claim. I've been told that whole house surge protectors have the ability
> to
> > detect voltage spikes and divert them to ground before damage is done to
> > equipment. Of course the people recommending these things are also
> selling
> > them. I'm looking for an objective opinion.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Charlie
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Chuck Norcutt<
> > chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> I can't answer your question except to say that, despite many
> >> neighborhood power outages, I never suffered any failures of electrical
> >> equipment in my house in Boca Raton, FL over the 10 years I lived there.
> >> I did have a UPS on the computer but nothing on the TV or appliances.
> >> That despite the fact that South Florida has about 4 times the amount
> >> of lightning as the national average.
> >>
> >> But the development did have underground utilities so perhaps that is at
> >> least partially protective. Given that a lighting bolt can easily jump
> >> a 10 mile air gap I'm not sure how much protection a little diode will
> >> be. :-)
> >>
> >> During the time I lived there I used to work as a volunteer at the
> >> Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. One of the rangers was hit by
> >> lighting one day. The sky was clear blue except for a gathering
> >> thunderstorm about 5 or more miles away. He had been driving the dirt
> >> perimeter road and had to stop his truck to get out and open a large
> >> steel gate. He had stopped the truck perhaps 20 feet from the gate and
> >> was about half way between the truck and the gate when a lightning bolt
> >> struck the antenna of the truck, fried the radio, jumped to the damp
> >> sand under the roadbed on its way to the nice ground formed by the steel
> >> fence and gate. Burrowing through the moist sand caused a steam
> >> explosion and dug a channel thorough the sand about a foot deep and a
> >> few feet wide. The sand explosion picked him up bodily and threw him
> >> backwards over the truck. At the same time it caused his Glock pistol
> >> to fire in its holster. The round missed his leg but the holster was
> >> torn and the butt of the pistol bruised his side. When he landed in the
> >> sand at the back of the truck his eyes were full of sand and he was
> >> unable to see for a while.
> >>
> >> There's a lot more to the story. He did survive and took about 3 months
> >> to recover but I think you get the idea. No surge protector would have
> >> helped him. :-)
> >>
> >> Chuck Norcutt
> >>
> >>
> >> On 6/14/2012 2:03 PM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> >>> Nice composition Jim and kudos to you for spotting it. Although
> after
> >>> losing power last night due to lightening storm (first time in ten
> years
> >> at
> >>> this location), I've grown to appreciate the underground grid.
> >>> That brings up a question that someone on the List must be able to
> >>> answer: are whole-house surge protectors of any value?
> >>>
> >>> Charlie
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Jim Nichols<jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Most of us don't get a chance to view the artistic work above our
> heads,
> >>>> created by electricians that take as much pride in their work as we do
> >> in
> >>>> our images. Here is an example.
> >>>>
> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Lineman+Art+221.jpg.html
> >>>>
> >>>> A Telyt grab shot.
> >>>>
> >>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
> >>>>
> >>>> Jim Nichols
> >>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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